13 August 2014 Last updated at 00:12 By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent The alternative league tables will appear before the government data Head teachers in England have put forward plans to publish their own school league tables this autumn. This would be separate from the official performance data published by the government, which [...]

12 August 2014 Last updated at 22:37 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. “They have walked for days to get here” – Caroline Wyatt reports from Kurdistan RAF Tornado jets have arrived in Cyprus from the UK and are set to support efforts to deliver aid to refugees trapped on mountains in [...]

13 August 2014 Last updated at 03:54 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. “They have walked for days to get here” – Caroline Wyatt reports on those fleeing attacks The US has sent 130 more military advisors to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says. The marines and [...]